Mamey Sapote Fruit Information

Mamey Sapote (from Nahuatl tzapotl) is a term for a soft, edible fruit. The word is incorporated into the common names of several unrelated fruit-bearing plants native to Mexico, Central America and northern parts of South America. It is also known in Caribbean English as soapapple.

Formally known as Mamey Sapote, this is a prevalent fruit grown and sold across South Florida. Although sizes vary, it is typically half a foot long and about a pound, and is shaped roughly like a mango, with a dense, nutrient-rich melon that is heavy in fiber and Vitamin B. It is grown on tall trees that are part of the pouteria group, a subset of trees found in tropical regions. Mamey is thus harvested in Central America and the Caribbean namely Cuba although a prominent South Florida growing area includes Homestead.

It is hard to describe the taste and texture of a mamey, but the closest comparison is a baked sweet potato. Once ripe, the consumption begins by easily peeling off the skin, which is thin, rough and light brown, like sand paper. Underneath is a bright, pinkish-orange melon, although in Cuba, the richer soil gives it red brick coloring. The texture is creamy and smooth enough to cut through with a spoon, and also like baked sweet potato, has a slight graininess.

The actual taste, however, is far sweeter imagine sweet potato casserole if it included not only brown sugar, but touches of honey, cantaloupe and pumpkin. At the center are one or more large black seeds that are rumored to be powerful hallucinogenics once cooked in boiling water.

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